Champagne of Bands Reunion Recap
This past Tuesday night at the Middle East Upstairs was yet another special night in the life of your boy Brendo. Boston Band Crush hosted a One Night Band reunion with my OTHER band, the Champagne of Bands.
As opposed to last time when we only had one day to write three songs and learn a cover, the Champagne of Bands actually rehearsed TWICE before this show. I know, I know – but we’re perfectionists like that.
The cool part of this show was that each of us performed with our individual projects before the reunion. Duncan Wilder Johnson did his spoken word thing, delivering hilarious and touching stories of heavy metal and friendship. Bo Barringer played solo. On bass. It was unbelievably compelling and innovative. Sidewalk Driver played a beautiful acoustic set, including a cover of Sade’s “Smooth Operator.” And Kuuluuko brought the house down with a scorching blues/rock set.
As for us, the Best Intentions were once again down a man, but Jason Dunn of The Luxury ably stepped in. Not to brag or nuttin, but we felt pretty g-darn good about our performance. We brought the rock and roll to this sleepy town on a Tuesday night like it hasn’t been broughten in a wee bit.
Here was the problem – I gave it all during my set… completely forgetting that I had to play ANOTHER set with my OTHER band. In that brief moment in between the two sets, I realized exactly how old and decrepit I really am.
Luckily, playing with the fellas in Champagne of Bands gets the adrenaline pumping. Here’s our first song, “Boston Band Crush: The Song (a.k.a. Ode to Sophia)”:
And here’s the new song we wrote for the occasion, aptly entitled “Reunion”:
Not to get all sensitive on you, but I do feel very fortunate to have been randomly placed in this band with these four guys. I’m grateful to not only have them as bandmates, but as friends. This is definitely not the last you’ve seen of the Champagne of Bands.
Tags: Boston Band Crush, Champagne of Bands, One Night Band, reunion, shows
